Do you like to do handicrafts? Then you will love making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands! This is a pleasant and exciting activity for the whole family that will not leave anyone indifferent - you will spend several evenings with pleasure making Christmas tree decorations with your own hands.
What do we use for the material?
What do you need to make your own New Year's decorations? You can use almost anything you can get your hands on. If you want, you can buy special supplies (sold in craft stores), or you can use what you have in any home. So what to prepare:- plain paper (good for making patterns);
- pencils and markers;
- regular cardboard, white and colored (you can use velvet);
- sharp scissors and a breadboard knife;
- glue (PVA or glue gun with sticks);
- threads and needles;
- yarn of different shades;
- various decorative materials - these can be sparkles, sequins, confetti, multi-colored foil, stickers and much more.
Simple crafts from scrap materials
Of course, you've probably seen how New Year's balls are made from thread and glue with your own hands, but why not expand the range? We make various Christmas tree decorations with our own hands.From yarn
This is a simple and at the same time spectacular Christmas tree decoration that can decorate any Christmas tree.
For production you will need:
- yarn;
- tailor's pins;
- plate or bowl;
- porous material (for example, a disposable tray);
- cutting paper;
- marker.
The template needs to be attached with pins (or ordinary toothpicks) to the porous material, and the design you need should be laid out on top - first the outline is laid out, then the interior decor. You should not cross the threads too often; the toy should be fairly flat. Once you are finished, dry the item and remove it from the pins and tie a loop in the eye. If desired, you can decorate with sparkles or rain.
From wire
How to make New Year's toys with your own hands in just a couple of minutes? Use the wire!
To make toys you will need:
- two types of wire - thick and thin (thin wire can be replaced with bright threads, for example, floss. Pure white strong threads look very beautiful);
- beads, beads;
- colored tape;
- pliers.
The ends of the thick wire need to be twisted. You need to string beads and seed beads mixed together on a thin wire, tie the end of the thin wire to the future Christmas tree decoration, and wrap it randomly.
When the toy is evenly wrapped, you need to wrap the free tail of the wire around the toy and tie a ribbon in the shape of a bow - your toy is ready.
Another original idea:
Made from ribbon and beads
Who said that making New Year's toys with your own hands must take a long time and painstakingly? Not at all. In just five minutes you can create one that will decorate both the New Year’s tree and the interior.
You will need:
- beads;
- narrow tape;
- yellow, golden or silver cardboard;
- glue "Second";
- needle and thread.
Interior decor made in this way looks very attractive.
From cardboard - in a couple of minutes
Some New Year's toys made of paper or cardboard take a lot of time to make, but not in this case - here you really only need a couple of minutes to make an elegant hand-made New Year's decoration.So, you will need:
- ordinary cardboard;
- a little twine or thick yarn;
- glue;
- paints and brushes;
- napkin or cloth;
- varied decor.
Use a loose tail of twine to wrap the tree in different directions. After some kind of thread pattern appears on the tree, you can start gluing it with a napkin. You can tear the napkin into pieces, coat the tree well with glue, and seal it tightly with the napkin. This will give a nice texture to the future toy.
After the toy has dried, you can start painting - paint the Christmas tree green.
After the paint layer has dried, shade the texture of the toy using a dry, hard brush and white paint, and then decorate it to your taste.
From bright shreds
Here you will need a sewing machine, but if you really want to, you can do it without it. This is the best way to make Christmas toys from cotton wool and fabric - just choose fabric with a Christmas ornament, or use what you have on hand.
Prepare several paper patterns - for example, deer, stars, gingerbread men, bears, letters and hearts. Cut out fabric blanks with your own hands, sew them in pairs, leaving a small gap (for stuffing), and through this small hole, tightly stuff the toys with cotton wool or padding polyester. It is most convenient to fill with a pencil.
Patterns can be downloaded here:
By the way, don’t forget - we sew on a machine from the inside, but if you decide to make toys from thick fabric with your kids, then it is better to sew them with a decorative seam over the edge - a toy with your own hands will look simply charming and will be suitable for either a home Christmas tree or a kindergarten - Usually, for kindergarten Christmas trees, children make decorations themselves.
Made from twine and cardboard
New Year's toys made of paper and cardboard will be much more interesting if you add a couple of simple materials to them. To make such a toy you will need ordinary cardboard, simple paper or natural twine, a little felt or any other fabric, as well as ordinary paper, a pencil and ruler, and a drop of glue.
The star template can be downloaded here:
First, make a pattern on plain paper, and then transfer it to cardboard. Don't forget that the star must be double. You shouldn’t make the star too thin; it’s better to make it a centimeter or more. The tail of the twine is glued to the cardboard, then you need to gradually wrap the entire workpiece.
Place the thread as tightly as possible so that there are no gaps. To decorate the star, make a couple of leaves and berries from fabric and decorate one of the rays. Your decoration is ready.
From yarn and cardboard
Do you want to make original and at the same time charming Christmas tree decorations with your own hands? Then it's time to make small gift hats with your own hands from scrap materials. This is a wonderful Christmas gift that looks cute and will keep you warm all winter long!
To make Christmas tree decorations in the form of hats, you will need:
- a couple of toilet paper rolls (you can just glue cardboard rings together);
- remnants of colored yarn;
- beads and sequins for decoration.
The threads need to be cut into pieces of approximately 20-22 centimeters. We fold each piece in half, pass the loop through the cardboard ring, and pull the free edges of the threads through the loop. It is necessary that the thread is firmly fixed to the cardboard base. This needs to be repeated until the cardboard base is hidden under the threads.
All the thread tails need to be pulled through the ring so that our hat has a “lapel”.
Now we pull the loose tails tightly with thread and cut them into a pom-pom shape - the hat is ready! All that remains is to make a loop and decorate your Christmas tree toy with sequins and sparkles.
From beads
Making a New Year's toy in a minimalist style is easy and simple - you will need wire, beads and seed beads, a ribbon and a coin (can be replaced with a small candy, but it looks much more impressive with a coin). Try to make this Christmas tree toy with your own hands, the master class is very simple.
Make a loop on the wire and string green beads mixed with large beads on it - they will play the role of New Year's balls on our Christmas tree. Once the wire is filled, give it a herringbone shape by folding it in a spiral.
Once your tree has taken shape, bend the free edge into a loop.
We cut off a piece of ribbon, form a loop from it for hanging and pull it through the Christmas tree, and decorate the free tail with a coin (the easiest way is to glue it with double-sided tape). We tie a decorative bow on the hanging loop - your decor is ready!
Christmas balls
How to make a New Year's ball from threads? It’s as easy as shelling pears, watch our master class on spectacular lace balls for the Christmas tree.Required:
- several balloons;
- cotton threads;
- PVA, water and sugar;
- scissors;
- polymer glue;
- spray paint;
- decor
First you need to inflate the balloon - not completely, but according to the size of the future decoration. Mix two tablespoons of water, two teaspoons of sugar and PVA glue (50 ml), and soak the thread in this mixture so that the thread is saturated. Then you need to wrap the ball with thread randomly. The balls need to be dried for several hours. After the glue has completely dried, you need to deflate the ball and take it out, and carefully paint the ball of thread with spray paint and decorate it with sequins and sparkles.
DIY thread Christmas balls will turn out to be very, very impressive if you make them in different tones - for example, red, silver and gold. Try to make New Year's balls with your own hands using different techniques - you can sew or knit balls, make them from cotton wool with your own hands, or, for example, sew them from felt - you can never have too many of these toys.
From paper
New Year's decorations made of paper are very popular among both big and small admirers of the New Year's miracle - try making paper Christmas tree balls with your own hands.
A DIY paper Christmas toy is made like this: 
There is no additional need to decorate such a toy; it is already expressive.
Another ball option:
Or you can make a ball like this according to the master class:
From felt
DIY felt Christmas toys look very warm and cozy, and they are very, very easy to make. To make your own charming felt Christmas tree decorations you will need:- red, white and green felt;
- red, white and green threads;
- Crystal glue;
- scissors and needles;
- cardboard;
- a little satin ribbon;
- soft filler (cotton wool, holofiber, padding polyester).
First, make sketches for your future toys. It can be anything. Once the patterns are ready, transfer them to felt and cut them out. What is good about this material is that it does not crumble, you will not need to additionally process the edge of each workpiece.
Make identical decorative elements - for example, sprigs of holly (by the way, did you know that this is a symbol of joy and Christmas reconciliation?). The berries need to be glued to the leaf using glue, and then a decorative knot should be made - this will give the berries volume.
We sew each piece together in pairs. By the way, it is best to sew it with contrasting threads; it will be fun and elegant. How to make New Year's decorations voluminous? Stuff them with holofiber before sewing them up completely! Straighten the product well, so the Christmas tree toy will be filled more evenly. You can use the back of a pencil for stuffing.
Sew on the decorative elements and your New Year's toy is ready!
Try to sew felt decorations not only for the New Year tree, but also for your home - for example, a Christmas wreath decorated with felt toys looks very stylish. Look at the selection of DIY New Year's decorations, photos of master classes - and you will understand how many interesting things can be made from ordinary felt of two or three colors.
Master class on how to make a New Year's garland from felt with your own hands:
Below you can download templates and patterns of different Christmas trees for felt crafts.
Larisa Savchuk
Master class on making a Christmas tree from tinsel in five minutes!
Today I want to share an idea for making a Christmas tree from tinsel. The method of making it is very simple and does not take much time, and the result, it seems to me, is obvious!
A preschooler of any age can make such Christmas trees, which is very important for us teachers!
To make a Christmas tree we will need: cardboard of any size for cones, tinsel of any color, multi-colored pieces of torn tinsel, glue stick.
So let's get started!
1. Roll a sheet of cardboard into a cone and glue the corner.
I wound several cones of different sizes at once.
2. Cut off the excess cardboard at the base so that the cones stand.
3. Cut off the top of the cone just a little and insert the end of the tinsel into the hole. We wrap the tinsel in a spiral around the cone. The end of the tinsel at the bottom of the cone is secured.
4. One, two and our Christmas tree is ready!
And then another one.
And another one!
And further! I wrapped four Christmas trees, barely stopped - how fast, easy and mesmerizing it is!
5. Now we decorate the Christmas tree. For this we need multi-colored pieces of tinsel.
6. We wrap pieces of tinsel around your finger and you get these multi-colored balls - decorations.
7. Use tinsel balls to decorate the Christmas tree.
And these Christmas trees are beautiful even without decoration!
These are the wonderful Christmas trees I got!
And last New Year I made such a Christmas tree to decorate the New Year's table. She wrapped a bottle of champagne in tinsel. Try it - it will be beautiful, unusual and with a surprise!
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Many people notice that the older they get, the more difficult it is to re-experience that magical feeling of a fairy tale and miracle that always came to us as children on New Year's Eve.
But we're in website We are sure that the New Year's mood will not keep you waiting if you make one of these wonderful decorations for your home and Christmas tree with your own hands. Almost all of them, with the exception of two or three, do not require much time and any special materials - they can be made in half an hour from what is at hand.
Stars made of threads
Wreath made of balloons and an old hanger
In just half an hour, you can make a colorful wreath by purchasing a couple of sets of inexpensive balloons. Blogger Jennifer, the author of this article, recommends straightening out an old hanger, but if you don't have one, a piece of strong wire will do just fine.
- You will need: a couple of sets of balls (20-25 balls of different colors and sizes), a wire hanger or wire, fir branches, braid or a ready-made decoration for decorating a wreath.
Tablecloth made of snowflakes
A delicate and surprisingly festive tablecloth will be made from snowflakes, which we have gotten our hands on since childhood. You can sit down and cut out snowflakes with the whole family, and then lay them out on the table and fasten them with small pieces of tape. A wonderful solution for entertaining guests or just having lunch with the family during the holidays.
Multi-colored hats
The cutest colored hats can be made from leftover yarn, which can be used to make a garland for a Christmas tree or to decorate a wall. Or hang them on a window or chandelier at different levels. Children over five years old will also be great at making this simple decoration. See details.
- You will need: a roll of toilet paper for rings (or regular cardboard or thick paper), scissors, colorful yarn and a good mood.
Lamp “Snowy City”
For this charming lamp, you need to measure a piece of paper around the circumference of the jar with a small margin (for gluing), draw and cut out a simple city or forest landscape. Wrap it around the jar and place a candle inside.
- You will need: a jar, thick paper of any color, maybe white, any candle. Another option is to cover the top of the jar with “falling snow” using a special “snow” spray, which is sold in hobby stores.
Balloons with photos
A great idea for decorating a Christmas tree or as a gift for relatives and friends. The photo needs to be rolled into a tube so that it fits into the hole of the ball, and then straightened out with a wooden stick or tweezers. Small black and white rectangular photographs are suitable, and you can also cut the photo according to the shape of a ball or silhouette (as in the case of a cat in the snow).
- You will need: plastic or glass balls, photographs, various things to fill the ball - tinsel, garlands, coarse salt (for snow).
New Year's lamps
And this miracle is a matter of five minutes. It is enough to collect balls, fir branches, cones and put them in a transparent vase (or a cute jar) and add glowing garlands.
Embers
Glowing garlands, hidden among cones, branches and pine paws, create the effect of smoldering coals in the fireplace or a cozy fire. They even seem to be heating up. For this purpose, a basket that has been lying on the balcony for a hundred years, a nice bucket or, for example, a wicker container for small items from Ikea will be suitable. You will find everything else (except for the garland, of course) in the park.
Floating candles
A very simple decoration for the New Year's table or for a cozy evening with friends during the New Year holidays - a composition with candles floating in a vessel with water, cranberries and pine branches. You can use cones, orange slices, fresh flowers and leaves from a flower shop - whatever your imagination tells you. And as a candlestick - deep plates, vases, jars, glasses, the main thing is that they are transparent.
Snowman on the refrigerator or door
Children will definitely be delighted with this - it’s fast, fun and very simple, because even a three-year-old can handle cutting out large parts. It is enough to cut out circles, a nose and a scarf from self-adhesive paper, wrapping paper or colored cardboard and attach them to regular or double-sided tape.
Snowflakes on the window
Interesting use for a glue gun lying around. In order to glue these snowflakes to the glass, just lightly press them to the surface. For details see our video.
- You will need: a stencil with a snowflake drawn with a black marker, tracing paper (parchment, baking paper), a glue gun and a little patience.
Christmas trees-candies
You can build bright Christmas trees with your kids for a children's party or decorate a festive table with them. Cut out triangles from colored paper or cardboard, attach with tape to a toothpick and stick the resulting Christmas trees into the candies.
- You will need: Hershey's Kisses or any other truffle candies, toothpicks, tape, colored paper or cardboard with a design.
Garland with photographs and drawings
New Year, Christmas - warm, family holidays. And it will come in very handy with photographs, children's drawings, and pictures. The easiest way to secure them is with clothespins, which can be decorated with hearts or snowflakes.
Origami star
Painted spoons
Ordinary metal spoons or wooden cooking spoons are transformed into interesting New Year's decorations using acrylic paints. Kids will definitely love this idea. If you bend the handle of metal spoons, you can hang them on the Christmas tree. And wooden spoons will look great in the kitchen or in a bouquet with fir branches.
Snowman made from a sock
New Year is just around the corner. You can feel the approach of a holiday in the air, which is slowly but surely moving towards our homes and hearts, because the New Year is a special holiday when you want to believe in a dream, hope for the best, and expect miracles.
The New Year is a special and bright holiday for children, because on New Year's Eve, children often spend quite a lot of time with their parents, enjoying pleasant family joys.
And if parents usually don’t have time, then on New Year’s Eve they definitely find it to take care of New Year’s chores with their children.
A very entertaining and joyful thing for children on New Year's Eve is the opportunity to decorate the New Year tree together.
If you can afford to buy New Year's toys and create a stunningly stylish New Year tree design - super!!! This Christmas tree will appeal to both children, adults and your guests.
If you can’t buy beautiful toys for the New Year and new New Year’s decorations for the Christmas tree, we advise you to get creative and create beautiful New Year’s toys and decorations for the New Year with your own hands.
DIY Christmas toys and DIY Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and home are a very fun activity for the whole family.
Therefore, laziness to the side!!! Let's look at what New Year's toys and New Year's decorations for the New Year you can make with your own hands without much effort, not only to decorate your home, but also to get even closer to your family members.
We create New Year's toys and decorations with our own hands
Firstly, let us immediately note that creating New Year's toys with your own hands, making homemade decorations for the New Year is a very fun activity. It can be compared to a ritual, to an exciting process, in the minutes of which a miracle is born and a fairy tale comes into its own.
After all, when making homemade New Year's toys and unusual, homemade New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree and home, you breathe into them a piece of your love and warmth, so such New Year's decorations and beautiful toys for the Christmas tree turn out to be truly special.
New Year's toys made with your own hands will not only decorate your home, but will also add a special atmosphere to your home, enriching it with bright accents and cozy little things.
What kind of New Year's decorations can you come up with so that it is not expensive, interesting, and so that such New Year's decorations transform your home.
In order to make New Year's toys and decorations for the New Year's tree and home, stock up on all the necessary materials.
In order to make New Year's decor, namely homemade New Year's decorations and New Year's toys, you do not need special materials.
For this purpose, available materials such as threads, a needle, of course, paper, pieces of multi-colored fabric of different textures, beads, sparkles and many other little things that may be standing and waiting in the wings to become an original mega fashionable New Year's toy are suitable.
Of course, you can’t start making New Year’s decorations and toys without imagination, because it is the driving force of the whole process.
New Year's decorations made from paper look creative. They are not at all difficult to make, and today’s New Year’s decorations in the style of papier-mâché and quilling are so varied that even if you are not the greatest craftsman, you will no doubt get New Year’s paper snowflakes, New Year’s garlands, stars or balls for the New Year.
And if, in addition to multi-colored or white sheets of paper, you have ribbons and sparkles, you are simply risking being a master of quilling and papier-mâché if you try a little.
New Year's decorations and New Year's toys are not only New Year's quilling and papier-mâché.
For New Year's decor, an excellent option would be New Year's toys knitted with your own hands using knitting needles or a crochet hook. And there are no fewer ideas here than in paper decorations.
A retro-style Christmas tree will look amazing if your New Year's decorations, crocheted or knitted yourself, resemble birds and little animals.
The tree and house will be decorated with New Year's bells, flowers, snowflakes and stars, and balls made using the decoupage technique, which will make the design of the tree and house especially warm and cozy for family evenings.
The tree will look rich and tasty if it has New Year's garlands of sweets, fruits and other goodies.
Such New Year's decorations will shine with bright colors on the New Year's tree and will become a tasty surprise for the little residents of the house.
You can make New Year's decorations for the Christmas tree and home in the form of New Year's gifts. If you have old trinkets gathering dust in a box, treat them with varnish and dust them with glitter, and you will have a very original New Year's toy.
You can also create very successful New Year's toys and decorations from polystyrene foam. Make blanks in the form of balls or cubes.
Cover the blank with bright ribbons, sequins, you can take beads, different types of cereals are also suitable, with which you can create a whole masterpiece, and not a New Year's toy.
New Year's decorations in the form of large multi-colored socks, felt boots and mittens, which are best made from thick fabric, have already become a tradition.
Very interesting New Year's toys and decorations are made from burlap and felt. This material is easy to work with, and any decor on it will look very impressive.
Both children and adults will enjoy making New Year's toys made using the kanzashi technique.
To make such New Year's decorations, you need to stock up on ribbons, beautiful fabric, beads, pearls, laces and wire.
New Year's toys in the form of garlands create an unusually festive mood. DIY Christmas garlands can be much more interesting than store-bought ones.
Garlands made of paper can be combined with garlands of foam balls, garlands of old toys decorated in a modern way, etc.
Don’t forget that DIY New Year’s toys can serve not only as decorations, but also as symbolic New Year’s gifts, which will always remind you of pleasant New Year’s evenings spent with loved ones.
Children especially love making such New Year's toys, because they put a piece of their soul into such a homemade surprise for mom, dad, grandmother and other family members.
Now let's see what New Year's toys and beautiful New Year's decorations, besides those mentioned, can still be made from ordinary materials, giving them a completely unusual and very important essence.
What kind of New Year's toys do you make with your own hands?
DIY New Year's toys: photo ideas for inspiration
